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1 of 60 rescued as migrant ship sinks

ISTANBUL, TURKEY — Turkish and Greek rescue teams searched Sunday for about 60 illegal immigrants who were aboard a boat that sank in the Mediterranean Sea.

The vessel, carrying migrants from Jordan, Iraq, Iran and Afghanistan, left the Turkish Mediterranean resort of Marmaris late Saturday and was heading to the Greek island of Rhodes when it sank, governor Huseyin Aksoy said.

Rescuers found one survivor, an Iranian man in his 20s suffering from severe exposure. He told authorities that the boat suddenly filled with water and sank and that the passengers included a 10-year-old girl.

Turkish authorities found 13 empty life jackets and the ship's rudder but no sign of other survivors, Aksoy said.

Greece's Merchant Marine Ministry reported that seven bodies were found near Rhodes.